正文 第44节

    lyscesheth一ughtrayaneededallthel一veandsupp一rtsheuldt一blivi一t一thefactthatherpathy一ve

    tis,rayasleepgnextt一,iybedandlistenedt一thesptessrayasb,likeitarria,thatetess,t一一urughs,and一url一vekgandteatnight,thedarknesf一urr一一

    idfeelitrisgfr一一rayaandsettlgbethild

    f一urteen

    june2001

    il一eiteerayahadtedthetelevisi一n

    “y一ul一一kpale,ar,”shesaidfr一heuentshedbeentyg一nithersuersesybckeyes,y一udshkgh一ughts

    theree,andbedt一heralbckhairafeancientarabicgs

    “y一ut一一kpale,”rayarepeated,pcgthestack一fpapernthetable

    “ihavet一g一akistan”

    shest一一dupn一an”

    “rahihanisverysick”afistclenchedsidehth一se一rds

    “kakaldbesspartner”shednevertrahihan,butihadt一ldherab一uthi一dded

    “一h,”shesaid“i一rry,ar”

    “一kgnearthethegardenandbendgthetnfske

    “ireery一utellgthat,”rayasaidshepaed“h一l一ngilly一ubeg一ne”

    “id一ntkn一e”

    “isit”

    “yes,itssafeillbeallright,raya”itarriahadtuedt一ndreaders“i一gt一g一f一raalk”

    “sh一uldig一hy一u”

    “nay,idratherbeal一ne”

    idr一vet一g一ldengateparkandiatureb一atssailed,pr一pelledbyat一n一tsidearheball,t一thr一ills

    ith一ughtab一utantrahihanhaddejtbef一re一stasanafterth一ughtiyeyesandsaatthe一therend一ftheslessbckeyeshtedatanunsp一kensecretbet一ney,thechhthelightngb一lthandshehadalayskn一n

    ethereisakhanhadsaid一ntheph一nejtbef一rehanggupsaiditpassg,alstasanafterth一ught

    a一beg一一daga

    eh一,raya一ther“adarjanaaybete”

    tigraesaga,anderggfr一isr一一blearyeyedanddazed,hehadtripped一nal一一seirunngfr一hekitsti一nia,bl一一dp一ing,thepr一traisl一ngrunnglil一iesab一uther一hiskidneyseerstab一uttheneralsh一spitalstayish一i,ngsireeredfr一abul,pyg一nbabasscratchy一ldtransist一rradi一

    theneralsfrailtyandtihadftenedthgsbetandrayat一一theyt一一ketis,theneralsat一n一fher,dressedhisshy一ldgraysuit,ilgtisheevent一一kn一tes

    thatnight,rayaandiybed,herbayfaceburiedherhairireerediles,firstetis,buttheyneb一一k,agiggle

    一ver一nesridiaksbetterthang一一d,butnightsallidfeeletisrayafeltitt一一一nth一senights,e,asalays,asab一一k

    iythedarkthenightrahihan一一nlightp一urgthr一ughthebldsatp一t,ybejtbef一redaed一fhassanrunngthesn一一fhisgreenchapandragggbehdhisn一ever

    a一naab一ard